"Even a small-scale rate of deforestation will have a large impact over time," says study co-author Pontus Olofsson of Boston University.
According to the Census, flowers, coffee, cacao, fruits and vegetables are the main commercial crops produced by indigenous communities; they produce these items on a small scale, as reflected in their self-employment rate, which is always greater for the indigenous population than for the non-indigenous population, even when facing the same economic conditions [Table 6, column Rural (6 States)].
"The pilot program has been completed with a success rate in the 90th percentile, so we know it's possible on a small scale," Scherzinger said.
Manufacturing took place on a small scale.
Petroleum is extracted on a small scale.
Perhaps at a small scale.
"But it's only a small scale.
Following the Smithsonian Agreement, member states of the European Economic Community adopted a narrower currency band of 1.125% for exchange rates among their own currencies, creating a smaller scale fixed exchange rate system known as the snake in the tunnel.
When Martin Scorsese has a hit with "Shutter Island" or "The Wolf of Wall Street," or Darren Aronofsky makes a minor mint with "Black Swan" or Steven Soderbergh does the same with "Magic Mike," it's still on a smaller scale (if perhaps at a much higher rate of return) than the money that's made with "Fast and Furious 6" or "Iron Man 3".
Thus, at a smaller scale, we expected (and checked) that parasitism rate did not show significant difference between the five sites in 2008 and 2009 (Chi-square test, χ2 = 3.05, df = 4, p = 0.55).
